Diehard1 wrote:Hunter seems to have a lot of Patrick Kane in his game. Very good shot, good skater, needs to add muscle. I really like the two picks today, all of a sudden the Nucks have a decent number of forwards coming soon. They were badly needed and the D looks ok given Corrado, Tanev, Edler, Garrison are all here for a number of years to come.

A lot of Jeff Skinner comparisons to Shinkaruk's game.

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Diehard1 wrote:Hunter seems to have a lot of Patrick Kane in his game. Very good shot, good skater, needs to add muscle. I really like the two picks today, all of a sudden the Nucks have a decent number of forwards coming soon. They were badly needed and the D looks ok given Corrado, Tanev, Edler, Garrison are all here for a number of years to come.

A lot of Jeff Skinner comparisons to Shinkaruk's game.

Yep that's another good comparison. They had him as a Zach Parise type on TSN but he's not as physical. Skinner and Kane are good comps. I'll be ecstatic if he gets anywhere near that level.

Vpete wrote:The thought of these guys growing with Kassian is awesome comfort.

I think the Canucks did well today in round 1.

And the Flames blew it so that's even more comforting.

I like the mix of forward prospects we have now, some skill, two-way ability, size and grittiness.

The only thing that is probably missing is a game breaking centre for the future. If we can find someone for that role over the next year or two, I will be pretty content with the future of the Canucks up front.

Not big on what the Flames did either. Monahan was an easy pick at 6 but their other two picks could have easily been 2nd round selections.

To be fair, this was a deep draft and there wasn't as much separation between players ranked 20-50 as there usually may be but I think the Flames passed on better players with picks 22 and 28.

I'm weary but really excited about this pick. He was ranked in the top 15 by many draft guides so this is a potential steal, but apparently he didn't interview well. Still you never know how small, skilled, scorers who drop in the draft turn out. Schroeder was as much of a sure thing as any but he has ended up behind the development curve in comparison to other players in his draft year.

FAN wrote:I'm weary but really excited about this pick. He was ranked in the top 15 by many draft guides so this is a potential steal, but apparently he didn't interview well. Still you never know how small, skilled, scorers who drop in the draft turn out. Schroeder was as much of a sure thing as any but he has ended up behind the development curve in comparison to other players in his draft year.

What more can you add to that tidbit about not interviewing well? Did he not come off assertive enough, dedicated enough, smart enough?

As for Schroeder, I think part of that may have had to do with the college program he was at. I think it's a key factor in picking college-bound prospects because the wrong program can ruin some kids.

As for Shinkaruk, the kid's thrived in the WHL and I haven't heard anything bad about the Medicine Hat organization. I think, with this draft being as deep as it was with not much difference in quality from 10-25 it became what teams wanted more than picking the bext player available.